Parenting Todays Teens Radio
  • An Informed Decision (12-02-2009)

     

    TODAY’S SCRIPT:

    Peer pressure can cause any teenager to consider doing wrong. The temptation is almost irresistible. So what defenses have you given your teenager to choose what’s right?

    Defenses to resist the dares of friends certainly start with a lifetime of teaching and demonstrating good morals, but they also include strong boundaries and consequences for making wrong choices. There’s nothing like knowing what’s in store. It’s one of the best defenses you can give your teen because it offers a good comeback to their friends – “If I do that, I’ll lose the car for a month!”

    When given the choice between right and wrong, make sure your teen knows the consequences in advance, so they can make an informed choice.


  • Susanna’s Intervention (12-1-2009)

     

    TODAY’S SCRIPT:

    When faced with an intervention by her parents, Susanna chose to turn her life around.

    Before coming to Heartlight, Susanna secretly used drugs and sold them at school to support her outrageous lifestyle. When it was discovered by her parents, the out of control 17 year old faced two choices, either get help, or leave home. You see, she had also introduced drugs to her younger sister, and the parents could at least protect her.

    Susanna’s parents did the right thing to hand the problem right back to their teen, with a solution that she ultimately chose – to come to Heartlight. Today she is thankful to parents who loved her enough to demonstrate tough love, breaking her from bad peer influences and wrong behavior.